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Craft and StructureEasy–MediumDisagreement about a cause

Craft and Structure practice question

Text 1 The town's cinema closed, argues film historian Ben Okoro, because streaming kept audiences at home. Text 2 The cinema's audiences were rising until the month it closed. It closed because the landlord tripled the rent when the lease came up, and no cinema could pay it.

Based on the texts, the author of Text 2 would most likely disagree with Okoro about ____

  1. A. why the cinema closed.Correct
  2. B. whether the cinema closed.
  3. C. whether streaming exists.
  4. D. whether the cinema had a landlord.

Answer: A. why the cinema closed.

Okoro blames streaming; Text 2 blames the rent.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. whether the cinema closed.
Both accept the closure.
C. whether streaming exists.
Not disputed.
D. whether the cinema had a landlord.
Not disputed.

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